Writers and performers - Film and drama List of British Bangladeshis

director of kidulthood, menhaj huda



afshan azad – actress best known playing role of padma patil in harry potter film series.
aminul islam bappi – film director first film based on novel first ark alpha centauri , second film 3 illegal lives of 3 bangladeshi men have illegally settled in uk.
dilruba yasmeen ruhee – model , actress best known lead role in 2014 film shongram.
dino shafeek – actor , comedian. starred in several sitcoms during 1970s , 1980s. best remembered comedy roles of char wallah muhammed in ain t half hot mum , ali nadim in mind language.
farzana dua elahe – actress , music dj. best known role of parveen abbasi in bbc soap opera eastenders in 2009.
hannan majid – documentary filmmaker films produced production company rainbow collective have been exhibited @ several international film festivals, including abu dhabi, cambridge, durban, east end, leeds international , aljazeera international documentary.
iftekhar ahmed – actor has played roles in 2007 film dhan dhana dhan goal , 2010 film hum tum aur ghost.
ikramul hoque - actor , comedian. best known being member of puremovements collective , starring in web series, including corner shop show , fourth way.
islah abdur-rahman – actor , director, best known starring , directing web series corner shop show.
jan uddin – actor best known roles jalil iqbal in bbc soap opera eastenders in 2008 , sweet boy in film shank.
jayasree kabir – actress best known starring in bangladeshi films shimana periye , rupali shoikotey.
leesa gazi – writer, playwright, theatre director , actress. best known play birangona: women of war.
menhaj huda – film , television director, producer , screenwriter, best known directing , producing kidulthood in 2006.
mukul ahmed – theatre director , producer has directed series of classics, new writing , play readings. has directed people s romeo (based on romeo , juliet), julius caesar , tahmima anam s golden age.
munsur ali – film producer, screenwriter , director. wrote, directed , produced shongram, romantic drama set during 1971 bangladesh liberation war. first time british film simultaneously written, produced , directed british bangladeshi.
nazrin choudhury – screenwriter , actress on drama serials. in 2006, critically acclaimed radio play mixed blood won richard imison award.
rez kabir – stage , film actor.
ruhul amin – film director has made 15 films bbc , channel 4, including 1986 television feature film drama kind of english. of films documentaries , experimental dramas.
sadik ahmed – film director, cinematographer , writer. wrote , directed short film tanju miah, first bangladeshi film officially selected in toronto, sundance , amsterdam film festivals in 2007. directed feature film last thakur in 2007, opened screenings @ london, dubai, mumbai, new york , other film festivals.
saikat ahamed – actor , writer based in bristol best known roles in monday monday , trollied, , one-man shows tiger , moustache , strictly balti.
sarah begum – anthropologist, journalist , explorer documentary amazon souls premiered @ cannes film festival in 2013.
shefali chowdhury – actress best known playing role of parvati patil in harry potter film series.
sophiya haque – actress, singer , video jockey. best remembered role of poppy morales in itv soap opera coronation street between 2008 , 2009.
sunetra sarker – actress best known roles in brookside, no angels , casualty.
tanika gupta mbe – theatre playwright , television script-writer. in 1998, bbc2 screenplay flight won ethnic multicultural media academy award. in 2013, awarded arts , culture award @ asian women achievement awards. in 2000, play waiting room, staged royal national theatre, won john whiting award.
tariq chow – documentary filmmaker , cinematographer. in 2010, first short film faith in london runner of tony blair faith foundation s faith shorts.




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